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We present the case of a 31-year-old male who presented with a progressive myelopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated widening of the cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord and T2-weighted images demonstrated high signal intensity from the pontomedullary junction to the T6-T7 intervertebral level, consistent with the appearance of a spinal cord glioma. Although the patient had evidence of systemic sarcoidosis, a spinal cord biopsy was required to delineate the nature of the spinal cord lesion and dictate appropriate therapy.
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Hauser, R., Alden, S., Coar, D. et al. Intramedullary spinal cord sarcoidosis mimicking glioma by magnetic resonance imaging: case report. Spinal Cord 29, 203–206 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1991.29
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1991.29